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NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – Six people were arrested and statues were vandalized with paint as protesters clashed with police near Central Park on Thursday night, the NYPD said.
Statues at the USS Maine Monument were spray-painted with profanities and anti-police graffiti near the entrance to the park at Columbus Circle, video from the NYPD shows.
We respect s everyone right to peacefully protest, but vandalism is not part of peaceful protest. We are working to de-escalate the situation to prevent further damage from occurring. pic.twitter.com/UQ9FVl6f69 NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) April 23, 2021
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Footage tonight of the police presence at Columbus Circle, where 6 participants of the weekly Stonewall Protests were arrested and 2 people were sent to the hospital by the NYPD for allegedly splashing paint.
Footage is muted to protect the identity of the person who filmed it. pic.twitter.com/HW1jjIwAu5 talia jane (@taliaotg) April 23, 2021
According to the NY Post, the crowd grew out of a weekly gathering of queer activists in Greenwich Village. The group, known as the Stonewall Protests bills itself as a black queer and trans activists centered on the acknowledgment of all black life. according to an Instagram post. The protest was billed as the March on Broadway according to social media posts.